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Vivid illustrations representing historical and cultural personas, including muses and characters from various histories, showcasing unique attire and themes.

Mr. Sinclair as Palmepo in the Earthquake, 1822 - 1830. Issued in London by H. Torond. John Sinclair (1791-1857), actor from Great Britain. 21 x 17.5 cm
Mr. Sinclair as Palmepo in the Earthquake, 1822 - 1830. Issued in London by H. Torond. John Sinclair (1791-1857), actor from Great Britain. 21 x 17.5 cm
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Acrobat Albert. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23.2 x 40.2 cm (9 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 26" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: David Ramage.
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BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Asia noviter delineata'. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam circa 1653. Etching.
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A musician playing a tabla (a pair of drums). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
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Yokohama kenbutsu zue (Sights in Yokohama) 1860 by Yoshikazu Utagawa, active 1848-1863.Japanese print shows a foreign visitor standing outside a building in Yokohama, Japan. He is looking up and appears to be thinking, his thoughts depicted on the right, outside the space occupied by him, as a framed bust portrait of a woman, possibly his wife, and a clock, possibly a reference to the time that they have been apart.
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The armament accompanies Hussars preserved in the armory in Podhorce "-views from the front and side; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1883-00-00); Warsaw; Drawing / ozkówek, painting / paint / watercolor; products with wtkiens / paper / paper on paper, products with wtkiens / paper / cardboard; card: height 22.6 cm, width 27.3 cm, width Carton: height 25.9 cm, width 35.8 cm; di 32490 MNW; all rights reserved.Kazimierz (Kraków - district), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - Baron - 1853-1935), Podhorce (Ukraine), Castle in Podhorce (Ukraine), Dar (provenance), Husaria, Church of St. Jana (Vilnius), Militaria, Crafts, Armaments, Knight's armor
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Giotto .
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RAFAEL MOLINA - EL LAGARTIJO (1841-1950). Location: MUSEO TAURINO. MADRID. SPAIN. MOLINA RAFAEL EL LAGARTIJO. LAGARTIJO-RAFAEL MOLINA SANCHEZ.
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Seated Qajar Prince Seated Qajar Prince, late 18th-19th century. Pencil and opaque watercolor on paper, 11 1/2 x 7 in. (29.2 x 17.8 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 18th-19th century
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Miniature painting of Maharaja Sawai Ishwari Singh Jaipur Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Her Highness, the Behum Secunder, India, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers" series (N189), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. Her Highness, the Behum Secunder, India, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company
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Woman from the Bulgarian Coast Bulgaria, workshop of Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1700 - 1737
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Musician, 19th century, 17 11/16 x 11 1/4 in. (44.9 x 28.5 cm), Watercolor on paper, India, 19th century
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King Girvan Yuddhavikram Shah (1797-1816). Nepal, circa 1815. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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CHARLES IV, prince of Viana (1421-1461). Son of Juan II of Aragon and Blanca of Navarre. Portrait of a codex (1480). Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Royal Archive of the Crown of Aragon.
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Museo del Louvre,museo nacional de Francia, Paris, France,Western Europe.
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'Jewels of a Lady of the Court in the Great Days of Ur', c1935. Artist: Joint Expedition to Ur.
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Print made by Louis Charles Ruotte, 1754-ca. 1806, French, The West India Flower Girl, undated. Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.
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Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany (c.9851052). He wears a gold hat decorated with precious stones, green chlamys bordered in gold, blue tunic, red stockings with gold bands and shoes. The throne is yellow with cushions and footrest. Illustration taken from a manuscript of Donizo's "Vita Mathildis." Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1860.
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View of the Vinkenkade in Utrecht with a brick maker on the left and in the foreground the Vecht.
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Bliżej Kultury Piechaczek, Ludwik (Ca 1824 1878), Litographic Plant: Dzwonkowski Andrzej
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Caricatured figure / Santa Claus has to Furnish the Stockings, from the Jokes series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes 1890 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Jokes" series (N81), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1890 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes.. Caricatured figure / Santa Claus has to Furnish the Stockings, from the Jokes series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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Tableau Vivant 'St. Elizabeth', 1888
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Man holding percussion instruments made of hollow brass rings, containing small balls, played with the hands, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
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Watercolor of musician playing yunlo late 18th century Chinese. Watercolor of musician playing yunlo 506085
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Aurangzeb
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Man from the Island of Tinos. Dating: 1700 - 1737. Place: Istanbul. Measurements: h 39.5 cm × w 31 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of).
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E.S. Willard as Cardinal de' Medici in The Cardinal, a historical play by Louis N. Parker at the St. James Theatre, London, 1903. Edward Smith Willard, British stage actor, 1853-1915. Colour printing of a hand-coloured illustration based on a monochrome photograph from George Newness Players of the Day, London, 1905.
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The Chaous Bachi. Dating: 1700 - 1737. Place: Istanbul. Measurements: h 38.5 cm × w 30.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of).
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Ranjit Singh, Maharadeska, Lahore
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Man from the Albanian Coast. Dating: 1700 - 1737. Place: Istanbul. Measurements: h 39 cm × w 31 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of).
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Servia, from the International Cards series (N238), issued by Kinney Bros. 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "International Cards" series (N238), issued in 1888 to promote Kinney Bros. Cigarettes.. Servia, from the International Cards series (N238), issued by Kinney Bros.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Iongleur Iroquois'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper
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Femmes Turques du XVe-XVIe siècle. Miniatures orientales de la Bibliothèque de Parme. Dessins inédits.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Women , Clothing & dress , Turkey , 1500-1599, Women , Clothing & dress , Turkey , 1400-1499
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Watercolor of musician playing yangqin. Culture: Chinese. Dimensions: Overall: 43.2 x 35.6 x 1.3cm (17 x 14 x 1/2in.). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Costumes of Turkey including high ranking courtiers: sultan, sultana, odalisque or chambermaid, Chief Black Eunuch (Kislar Aga), and an officer of the sultan's court or harem guard, Kapidschi Baschi. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.
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Maleka, a native woman of Hawaii, in gold turban and white blouse. Malayan Race. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hinchliff after an illustration by Alfred Agate from Charles Pickering's The Races of Man, London, 1850.
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Spanish, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros. 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Types of Nationalities" series (N240), issued in 1890 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. Each card is meant to be folded into thirds. Unfolded the card displays a figure from a particular nationality. Folded, the same figure is portrayed smoking a Kinney Brothers Cigarette.. Spanish, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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Man with a Stringed Instrument, Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s, Anglo-Indian, undated, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (15.6 × 16.5 cm)
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A Moroccan; Un Marroqui. Mariano Fortuny Marsal (1838-1874). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1862. 40 x 34.5cm.
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Entre Deux Feux - Between Two Fires, after a work by French artist George Barbier, 1882 - 1932.
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Okay Lung Kelka is a raja milita.
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Dominican Friar, Alfred Diston, active 1818-1829, 1828, Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm), costume, figure study, friar, genre subject, Europe, Spain, Tenerife
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Wincenty Wodzinowski (1866-1940), Kumoszki; Postcards (Kraków; Publisher); around 1925 (1920-00-00-1930-00-00);
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THE MAHARAJAH OF JEYPOOR
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Persian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1888.Trade cards from the "World's Smokers" series (N33), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Printer's samples included in set, as well. The printer's sample cards are on thinner card stock and do not have any printed text. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Abd-ul-Aziz (1830-1876), Sultan of Turkey from 1861. At first liberal and westernising, became autocratic. Forced to abdicate after risings in Bosnia, Bulgaria and Herzegovina. Cartoon by Coide (J.J.Tissot 1836-1902) for 'Vanity Fair' London 30 October 1869 showing him about the time of his abdication as a womanising tyrant about to have his power snuffed out. Chromolithograph.
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Musical instruments, Woman playing a musical instrument, Egyptian harp, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century collector's picture
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Udmurt women in traditional clothes, the Sultan of Kyrgyz with a hawk, and the physiognomy of a Kyrgyz man. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.
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Sweet cherry. E. Moiseenko. Oil. 1969